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The opening of the Christmas Sav-
ings Club for 1915 is an event that
interests a large number of our resd-‘
as am dutch easier Around
luster fir, ll M of“. “up W a. WWII] Striking I FII'O- ers and is full of significance to thons.
m and He- . I ands of people in the greater City of
Amory, Receive m“ Who Was on hilder Norwalk. Last year the Trust Corl-
SIMS . pony introduced a new feature in the
Christmas Club of a stated weekly
payment class of one dollar, and ar-
rangements were made for one thousr
and members in this class. When the
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comp. FRIDAY. Business 25.1914
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But the Official Reports ‘Do Not State. That'There ‘
Has Been Any Marked Advantage---Battlcs in the
Carpathians Are Referred to as Being Favorable
.---Austrian Withdrawal From Servia Due. solely
to the Terrible Conditions of the Country---OW~
. .ing to the Desperate Efforts of the Allies the Car...
Cloudy and insider; 10a] snow today.
TWO canes
club opened for membership. the one Mazatlan, Mexico, Dec. 2: (via wire-
dollar class was taken up the first la“ to San Dy”. Dec. “*4“ the
three days, and many more enquiries hope of "1m“ forces to check Villa
were made to join. it was this demon- sentiment on tlfe‘ west coast of Mexi-
stratlon that influenced the Trust co, General Jesus Carranza. brother
Company to arrange the 1915 Club‘of General Venlistiano Carranba. left;
with four classes of fixed weekly pay- 1 Mazatlan today aboard the Mexican
MSWWS .
om f0ll 2-llillM Billll
A Hill SANlA culls
four-Story Tenement at 228 0r-
Genersl Russell Frost Spoke and a.
sage Street, New Haven, Proved
mans Have Made Little Progress in the Western;
Theatre of War "
ments of 25 cents, 50 cents. 31.00 and
$2.00. which will return, if all pay-
- ’ ————~,- ;ments are made. Christmas Checks of
NEW HAVEN,Conn..Dec.24.—Miss $12.50, $25.00, $50.00 and $100.00.
Carrie Pollard. '34 Years old, of 937 with interest at two per cent, While
Large Chorus Rendered Xmas T
Carols a otal loss
I
it was like a dream come true, the
big municipal Christmas tree. in front
of the Armory. last evening, gorgeous-
ly beautiful in its tasty and glowing
decorations of hundreds of yarl-coior-
ed electric lights and glistening tinsel.
Around it gathered close onto 600 of
Norwalk‘s poorest but happiest kid- tonight. She stood in a third story regret it a few weeks hence when
dies. window, screaming for help. when she times and business are improving
was apparently overcome with smoke No member of the Christmas Sav-
l and fell to the ground. . 1lugs Club during the past three years
5 During her fall. she struck Lieu'llss over regrettpd that they were a
_tcnant KellY'Of Engine Company NO-‘member. Hundreds in our city are
lit. who was_on a ladder trying to privileged to happily enjoy this
reach her. Kelly was stunned by the Christmas Day because they were
falling body, but managed to hang to members of the 1914 Club, The
the ladder. The young woman‘s bodl . Christmas Club is a project-of such
" was slightly charred, and it is W°"',universsl hangar that it cannot be
table that she was dead [before Ihe:goo‘gtrnngly "advocated before the
; struck the ground. .public.
came here on a Christmas visit with lug times and short working hours, it
friends, lost her life in a. fire that dc- would belbetter to make an extra ef-
Biroyed the interior of a {curvatol‘Y fort and join the Christmas Club when
r.
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tilllflllltl AND
Jill Will
he Mention Made of Street Fight-
ing“ it i; No? Believed That it was, thought that at least two‘ ‘“ “Agnew!“ and; unrivalled
4 other persons werelmissing. but ‘mrlevent, that 11,“,in the cooperation
a searcher the ruins, the firemen “"9 i of numbers. and ‘no one contributing
,convlncsd that every 0““ escaped over $38.00. that there were gather-
from the building. Several nurses ”raid together yin’this community the
the district NM“ Association, Wholsum of ”5000.00 which has recentll’
had rooms in the buildings, lost con-lb“m distributed, The Trust Company
siderable sums of money and all ll‘elrlhopes for still larger things for next
belongings. ‘
Th9 origin or the five 3 “m ye! de— 1 mail. send your full name and ad,
fintely known, but “ is said to have dress. stating the class you wish to'
started in the basement or on the first join and enclose the first weekly DI!-
fioor. The blaze spread with great meat.
rapidity, and soon leaped to the high ment as a club member. then call at.
or floors. ”18 great volume 0' smoke any time, sign the signature card and
shutting off the avenues “f escape. lget your class club card. Have yourl
' Forum is a Prisoner
WASHINGTON. Dec, 24—-Provislorl~
.nl President Gutierrez and Gen.
This had a long conference last
might in Mexico city. according to ad-
=vices today from State Department
agents there. As no mention was
made of any street lighting or friction
lie ween the followers of the two lead-
er“. State Department officials re~
{ruled their despatches as evidence
against reports that Gutierrez had
Sleep made a prisoner and that his
forces had been engaged with Villa
troops.
The dispatches. dated last. night, re-
ferred in optimistic terms of the
progress being made in rehabilitating
the central government. ,
Apparently confirming the state De-
partment view. the Minister of For-
eign Affairs in Gutierrez's Cabinel
telegraphed the Washington represen-
tatives of Gutierrez today that there
was absolutely nothing new in \ the
situation at Mexico City.
-—-— children join the Christmas Saviour
'3 Club. learning to save money is one1
ENGMEER Plea" PLEASE” lot the most helpful character build-,5
WITH TIIE BRIDGE PROGRESSJ'ers. .loin yourself. 3
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units FATHER’S rails
ills HAPPIEST will.
Engineer W. W. Pagon. who is look-.
ing after the interests of the city inf
the construction of the Washington: __
street bridge, stated last evening that. Thomas 8_ Murray. the popular lei~
he “'33 more than pleased with “19 for carrier of the First district, prob-
,Lpull-togetller qualities exhibited. by ably received the best and most val~
ithe ”“0“ contractors 0“ the new uable Christmas gift in Norwalk this
lhridge. Mr. Pagon had stated to the ‘year. He was taken completely by
gunboat Guerrdro for Galina Cruz.
u‘eilcral Carransa's departure followed
upon a conference here with General
llurhe.
Loyally on the lturbe to the Carran-
South Main street, Waterbury. who we are an" in the midst of dPPreas'tza party was cbnaid so lain
that a military guard went along to
.keep the crew from mutiny.
Interest in any truth. fighting along
tenement bou t 22 ' cast
86 a 4 Orange street, it opens rather than put it of! and the Pacificc bandied out, and the‘
soldiers are selling their arms and urn-l
iiiunition. Troops stationed at Masai-l
.nn have destroyed the fortifications.
Quiet prevails along the entire coast
and it is freely reported that the Car-
ranza chiefs are preparing to leave the
country.
One of the effects of the long-drawn-
out warfare has been the shrinkage in
thovaiue of Mexican money. until one
peso today in Mamilan is worth only
‘ilitccn centennierioan.
tain Stewart. of the Pacific Mail llncr
San Juan. from embarrassing stills.
tion in Saline Cruz today. A Mexican
general detained the vessel when she
put in at. that port, demanding trans-
portation for his troops "and horses.
. i 5 delayed
, . 1 lab b' vshenthe San Juan had ban
.lear. Should you join he C ’ Fan hour. however. the cruiser Raleigh
1 was seen approaching and the general
hastily withdrew his request.
This will secure your enroll-‘ .
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. COMPANIES Clll
President older E. Hoyt saris
$3,500 Damages for Removal
of House ‘
The City of Norwalk has been sued
for $3,600 damages by the Nor-walk in-
vestment Company. of South Main.
street, this city. The papers were
served yesterday afternoon. by Con-
stable Samuel lreland on City Clerk
The annuities. or the American.
Navy walr'reqnlred». to extricate Cap.
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The Christmas cheer will be carricol
into many poor homes this year b’l
means which have never been employ,
oil in Norwalk before. The Boy :icoinsl
pursuant to the request of their com 5
‘fnissioller and the counml. have bt'eiL
for some tiluc pnsl ilidllsiriously cild
gaged on a Christmas basket piilll.1
Each scout was requircd to cum one.>
|third of the cost of the basket. Tilt:
manner in which the scouts took this
up was’ very pleasing to lhe coupon;
and have gone it it with such a spirit
tllht at this writing. there are approx—
imately 25' families who will receive,
on Christmas Eve or Morning, a has-
kbt containing a chicken or some oth-
er kind of meat. with all the fixings
that go with a good hearty Christmas ‘
dinner. The scouts of the South Nor-i
walk Methodist Church apparently
have the pleasure of giving the most
baskets. They expect to distribute
some 11 or 12 ballets. The scouts of
v'the Norwalk Congregational Churclll
’some seven or eight baskets. and the‘
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scouts of the South Norwaik Congrega-
tional Church some five or six baskets.
'with the West Norwalk. liowayton and,
the East Norwalk troops yet to be‘
.heard from.
I The boys have took hold of this work
'with a vim and they have handled it
gin such a way that there is no likeli-
[hood of a family receiving two baskets.I
‘and when the basket is presented to:
,the family. it will be done in such a!
Eway- as to leave a pleasant remem-
brance with all the members .of the
family. ‘For the past two days the
boys have been industriously shopping.
511003360 slirwalv
CORPORATION slukaurr
“members of the bridge construction surprise. hm night. when his son.
committee that the bridge would be Arthur T. Mun-W90: New York. welk~
fiopen ‘0' traffic ‘05”: and he “'35 83‘ ed in the house and presented him
Joseph J. Linxweiler. ' {with the assistance of their scoutmas-
The writ states that during October ters. and each basket lsfinow complete
unlawful trespass was made on prop. and ready for'distribution. This is on-
i-W. The then started on their quad tracks, (min; up gamut apost,
COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 23,—The Hos- pecially pleased with the efforts or with a warranty deed m a plot of land
tor-Columbus Breweries Company. a the contractors and workmen to help with a house on it on Delaware ave
$12,000,000 corporation, went into the him keep his promise. The_fact thatmue, h‘airiield park. The sentiment
hands of receivers today on order or the bridge is not open today is due to attached to such a sin is sacred and
the United States District court. “De- the non-arrival of the trolley rails, undoubtedly both father and son are
creased demand for beer. adverse leg- which are erpected to be shipped to spending a. perfect Christmas holidal’.
deletion and the voting “dry" of many this city within a short‘ time. The The value of the gift is 33,700,
states and counties in the last eight electricians yesterday afternoon rats-g: Arthur T. Murray is only a young
years," was given as the cause. led and lowered the west leaf of the'man, twenty-three years 014- but since
:2“ 3Scherser draw, and“ it operated pefithe beginning of his business career
CUB-TOM, 0F HUNGARY REVIVED. tectly in every way. There is “0 his rise has been rapid. and success
A time-honored and decidedly lnter- doubt but vvhat the structure will be “540110...“ his efforts. The gift he
eating Hungarian custom during the in use on New Year's. ' .lfiade to his. father crowns a wish he
Yuletide season will be observed by. ,lha‘ often é‘xpresged to his friends that
local members of that race. Dressed: lgome day he would be in a‘position to
ill the picturesque national costumes: ' _ ' lbliy his filter a home. The elder
band. of six men will go from house to Car carrying .Two Men Does Variety
mm" 1‘ the 89‘1“:de section of‘ of Stunts in Saybrook." _ generosity of his son, but the ties be
the d”: and render cumin“ cams-i sAanoox,” Dec, 23. #Northa’m tween the two are drawn closer
T99 singers will be treated most cor- Wright. secretary of the Donnecticnt than ever before, if such a thing were
new by their hosts. who will tumlsh “my Manufacturing Company of m- possible. ,, "
their. uninvited. yet “‘7‘ welcome. sex, riding in his automobile with Pet- .
. guests with money. food an‘h the liken” 01”“ toward Essex “mnem- ‘ TAKEN TogTATE patent]:
’ .. “WNW “term” 358W“ .Cm”rnherl by the lights at the Junction} Three prisoners from Fairileld
' .fliark Stephen Dokus issued a license railroad. crossing. “gunfight, and county were taken to the. state prion
« do ‘W Bodi, of this city. for that “n avg,- the mum; platter-m and roll at 'Wethersfield yesterday. They were
‘ L ‘ Jamesh Hayes. theft from persou,,one
to ' two ' years; Antonio ' Nagy. assault
with intent to kill. four to five years.
i.
VERYiBUSY AUTO DRl-VER.
-_———
‘ musical rounds last evening. and will which 'threw the machine back across
,oontinlle tonight. tomorrow night and tracks just. as an any-8‘35 train was
‘ the “’8‘“ after. Bridgeport Hm‘K‘lr'ldue. Luckily the trainrwas 20 .minut;
_ 'MS W‘lu 3‘80 wme l0 Nurwalk to 0b' as late: and “ neithor fm‘n wan serl.
7 done this custom. the money they re-‘I ously hurtfthsy were stile to get the
salve to be sent to the Hungarian war machine but of danger, but it was bad-
' ”Jenifer-ere. ~ ly smash“.
four to five'years. Thephristmas din-
ner at‘the prisonia nowexpe‘fted by.
631 persons. The prison. is nearly
fllll. ‘ ' " g .
erty on Seaview avenue, on the East ly one Of many .kllld deeds that "18
Side, and the so-called Aisthorpe bays take upon themselves to do as
house was torn down. The house was part of their teachings RB BOON-8-
purchased some time ago by the Ill-l The-manner in which some of the
vestment Company from Charles H. boys earned the money to any for one-
Aisthorpeband was situated on .' the third of the cost of the basket. and
meadows on Seavlew avenue. the way in whichgsome. of the boys
Some months ago the house was‘fairly deprived themselves of some or
purchased from the bridge construc— their little pleasures. 'would be very
tion committee by Thomas ‘McGuire,[iuteresting if it were permissible for
er. Murray was overwhelmed by the'
and Joseph ‘smuiikon. horse thief.,
loo we destroyed.
of upper Normlk, and he‘ received
from Building inspector Clarence I.
'Fincll a permit to tear, down the
house and remove it‘to his own prop?
erty. " .
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THREE mural .
, mama H.000
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NOGALES, Aria, Dee. 24.—-Tlrree
persons." including Walter Fortune," h
supervisor of Santa Cruz County,
were drowned» _ the'fiood‘s in this vi-
cinity caused .. six ‘ days of rain,
whioh‘oeased today. Wire oomunioar.
tion between Sonics and outside
points has ;been restored after two
..
is crippled. hair'bridges between here.
and'IBenson shaving. been wanted iont.
lilo. the espiiaiot sonar-a; Mexico, sit
" of his 'wife at Como. ltnly. again has
days of isolation. Railroad traffic still ,
Brids'ei, rbatweed'fl‘dcson and Harms-i
us to write about. >
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CHAIiIIl‘ON TRIAL AGAIX POST-
roman.
new ”roux. Dec. Elm—The trial
of Porter Charlton for the murder
been postponed. according to. cable
advices received here today by Chari-
tori's attorney, arlton has now
in Prison in italy for more than a
year and a half. He was in Hobok-
on" for two years prior to his ell-J
tradition. . .
- It also’ became known today that
depositions to be used in the trial
have recently been taken in .various
sections orthis country. The testi-
mony of the witnesses here‘had to
do principally with cheats in the life.
of the murdercd‘womnn. ,
Charlton's attorrleys John Palmiar,
maid that tiptmr s; pron-hi. Harri-tan
of state Bryan; L, recently cabled
the American; A '"l'iassaflor. at Rome
to‘ lakefupfiltu the Italidlleuthori-
ties the :attention of producing an
. immediate trail toribharllon.
‘ sols to Berlin. It is officially declared that the picture was
( day:
'Vg‘honorary, colon‘cl the daughter of illcovcruorvficncral "of",
r . . ‘ ‘ fl . . , » . ,
Canada, has left for the front- . ’ g . A,
.Thc report also-brings the. first n¢i§u$bfll .Ficld; Marshal
.Mardwood, cast of 'l‘racyflc—ValJms been repulsed.”
BERLIN, Dec. 24 (By wireless to Sayvillc. L. l.).——-
Alliollg the items given out for publication today by the 1‘.
(icrmail official press bilrcall were the following: ;
“\\"liilc tllcrc is general confidence that the Germans. ~
and their ally are making progress along the cxtendcdbat? '
tlc liilc of the cast, there is no indication iii the German"
or the Austrian official reports that any marked allvailtag'.
had been won. .. ._ 7’
. “Indeed, it is noticeable that Vienna uses the adjcc‘ V
tlvc ‘farorablc' ill rcfcrring to the battles ill the Carpai ’ "
i'llialls, but contents itself with azlylilg tliutrtllc scvcrc br’lt-
ilc along the lam-er Dilliajcc Rivcr and on the Krosllo-
Tlli‘lllm' liilc colliilillc.
"Sirikiligly frank and ilitcrcstiilg is tllc‘ofi‘lcinl Vilrlllin
i‘cpnri concerning the Austrian withdrawal! from Scr—
viu. which was duo in the terrible conditions bf the
country and \vczltlicr and also the fact that 'lllC Servialis t
had been reinforced. The Austrians lost‘conaidcrabl‘y in
the retreat, but the spirit of theirVarillyi'dslluhsurpassable; ‘"
l’otl‘orck has been rclicvcd of command of the Austrian if"
ariily‘mi account of his health. ' ‘
"The situation ill the west has not materially changed, ‘
despite the desperate efforts Cf tllc Allies. .
"chcral French papers have alleged that llcrr Bode.
director-general of the Prussian Muscuml. brought thefa-
liloils picture ‘Adam and Eve' by Van Dykc from Brus-
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left at Brussels. where the public art collections will
rc-opencil shortly. ' I
“The Alistriall~Gciicral Stafl‘ refutes the allegation
contained in a. bulletin of the Russian General Stallf that
the Austrians lost 3.000 prisoners and a number of .
guns and machine guns. declaring this report quitt- ulr “I ‘7 ‘
founded. The total Austrian loss ill killed. wounded and ,‘
missing during the fights alluded to was 307. No guillor
machine gun was lost. H}.
“The Russky Slovo (a Petrograil newspaper) report -.
that the Turks and Kurdish troops llavw occupied nearly
tllc whole of the Persian province of Azerbaijan (North; ” 7‘
cast Persia) and that Jlilfa is menaced." '
be
VIENNA, via Anlstcrdaiilto London. Dec. 24. 10:15 pt".
lll.—~Tlle following dofficizll CMllllltlillCathil was issued to;
“Til the Ulppcr Magyogcr Valley, the battle continuum
In the Latelcza .Vallcy Yesterday our troops repulsed ‘sevl‘:
oral attacks,~tlic cilcmy suffering heavy losses. ()nc Rails}: .
sian battalion was blown up. . f
"In the upper Uiig Valley our attack has gaillcdr‘.
ground for us. and near the L'rzok’cr Pass 650 prisonersA ‘
were taken. ' <
"On the Galiciall front the battle continues. ..--
“Oil the lower plrina ovcr 2.000 prisoners were taken.
DEC. 22. . » , ,,
“Between 133cc. ii and 20. 43600 Russians were cap- ‘7
cured.“ There are now ill tllcnuollarchy 2000.000 prisoners"~ .
of war." ‘ ‘
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PARIS, Dec. 24.———'I‘llc followmg official communism
tion was issued by the W'ar Office tonight: ‘
“To fllc'ilCrtli of the Lyil the enemy llaS-bOlllbai'd§l'
rather violently the approacllc; of the road from! Yprcs toy
Comilies and ”those of Langcmarck. but has delivered no
attack. _ - . , _
"‘Before Boissell. northeast of Albert, our troops last
night made slight progress. A German attack on Saint;
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LON DON, Dec. 24, 6:25 p, melanomas“Patric-ins reg. .,..
inicllt,“a‘part of the ‘gallaill’lll. contingent which has as ital
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